Mine detail: Wild Bill Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.37857, -113.1508

Resource(B)

Primary: Copper, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc, Gold
Ore: Anglesite, Chrysocolla, Corkite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Limonite, Magnetite, Tremolite
Orebody form: TABULAR/STEEPLY DIPPING AND CUT ACROSS BEDDING
Discovery year: 1885

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1895

Geology

Host type:Clastic Sedimentary Rock,Limestone,Chert
Structure:Basin And Range Colorado Plateau Transition, Star Range
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline. (Cordilleran)
Alteration processes:Altered Completely To Secondary Minerals

References

MRDSD004690
DEP10087093
Reference{Deposit:: ABOU-ZIED, S., AND WHELAN, J.A., 1973, GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY OF THE MILFORD FLAT QUADRANGLE, STAR DIST, BEAVER CO. UT: UT GEOL & MIN SURVEY SPEC. STUDY 46}{Deposit:: BAER, I.L., 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: B.Y.U. GEOLOGY STUDIES V. 9, PT. 2, P.29-52.}{Deposit:: BAER, J.L., 1973, SUMMARY OF THE STRATAGRAPHY AND STRUCTURE OF THE STAR RANGE, BEAVER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOL. ASSOC. PUBL. NO. 3 P. 6}{Deposit:: PERRY, L.I., 1976, LEAD AND ZINC IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN SURVEY OPEN FILE REPORT. NO.22}{Deposit:: 1913 GEOLMAP BUTLER, B.S., USGS PP #80}{Deposit:: 1920 RECON BUTLER, B.S, USGS PP#111}{Deposit:: BAETCKE, G.B., 1969, STRATIGRAPHY OF THE STAR RANGE AND RECONNAISSANCE STUDY OF THREE SELECTED MINES: UNIV. OF UT. P. HD. THESIS.}{Deposit:: 1962 GEOLMAP BAER, J.L., B.Y.U. GEOL. STUDIES V.9}{Deposit:: 1963 COMPILE HEYL, A.V., USGS BULL 1135-B}{Deposit:: 1973 COMPILE UGA PUBL. #3}{Deposit:: 1973 GEOLMAP UGMS SPECIAL STUDIES #46}{Production:: MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE U.S., 1925.}
ReporterEverts, Michael L., Shubat, Michael A.